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| spirex flamingo | 4/11/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I have recently bought a "spirex flamingo" and cannot find any info on it at all. I was wondering if ...
A: Sharon, I have never heard of spirex, but I ame up with several possible plants that it could be. ...
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| Need a Shrub boarder? | 4/11/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: My husband and I were thinking of planting Leyland cypresses as a border to block the road from our ...
A: Kim, Some ideas for the border shrubs- Chinese Holly-Ilex cornuta Pyracantha Bakers Spruce-Picea ...
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| arborvite | 4/11/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I have a hedge of 6 arborvite for 6 yrs., about 6ft. tall all the branches, greens are gone 2ft. ...
A: Michael, To do definatively what happened to the Arbs, I would need to know a few details. First, ...
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| abrovitie shrubs | 4/6/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: we have a 30foot row of these about 10ft high 2-3feet thick and 4 bushes in the middle have 80%of ...
A: Bob, I would recommend using the fertilizer on them, but also check the area around the 4 in the ...
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| hibiscus | 4/6/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: How do i care for them in the winter.
A: Charles, Caring for a Hibiscus during the winter is easy. You may prune it back, but it is not ...
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| snowball bushes | 4/5/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: For several years, my snowball bush starts to bloom, but doesn't form balls - only small clumps of ...
A: Shirley, This is not uncommon with this type of Viburnum. There is little that can be done save ...
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| Lemon Tree Problems:( | 4/5/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I have a lemon tree in my front yard for about 5 years now, I dont know how old it was when we ...
A: Alina, Horticultural soap is sold at local nurseries or garden centers. It is mixed with water, as ...
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| myers lemon tree | 4/5/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: what would make the leaves curl on my myers lemon tree
A: K, Normally leaf curl is caused by aphids feeding on the juices of the leaves. Inspect the tree for ...
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| dogwood tree | 4/4/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I dug up an planted a dogwood tree from the woods behind our home,it was 2 feet tall now it is 5 ...
A: Judy, First things first, Dogwoods are an understory tree- that is they prefer filtered sunlight or ...
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| Snow Ball Bush | 4/4/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I bought this snow ball bush four (4) years ago and it has never bloosom. It has never turn red ...
A: Sandra, The type of plant that you have, Viburnum opulus, has displayed the tendency to drop it's ...
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| Holly Bush Dying | 4/4/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I have 2 questions: I have what I think is a holly bush (stays green year round, has red berries). ...
A: Donna, Many evergreens were damaged during the winter of '06-'07, this sounds like the holly was ...
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| boxwood shubs incident | 4/3/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: Yesterday, 4/2/07, an employee of ours was instructed to "trim" the boxwoods in front of our shop ...
A: Jennifer, We normally call this type of pruning a rejuvenation pruning, and it will take several ...
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| boxwoods | 4/3/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: we recently bought our home, oct 06, it has several boxwoods along the walkway to front door, there ...
A: Karen, From the description of haow they all started to brown out at once, I would have to say that ...
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| Lemon Tree Problems:( | 4/3/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I have a lemon tree in my front yard for about 5 years now, I dont know how old it was when we ...
A: Alina, The black substance is called sooty mold. This is a fungus that is grows on a sugery ...
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| diseased verigated dogwood | 4/3/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: We have three three-year old variegated dogwoods. Year before last and last year they grew great. ...
A: Judi, First, the company was wrong to tell you to prune the dogwoods back to the ground. You should ...
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| holly fungus | 4/2/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I have a blue jay nesting in one of my holly trees. When I had a landscaper here, he told me that my ...
A: Michael, There are two possiblities for the yellowing leaves with brown spots. The first is Holly ...
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| leyland cypress | 4/2/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: last summer (june 06) we planted 5 leyland cypress to give us some privacy from the house next door. ...
A: Breilly, The growing season has just started here in the North East, so be patient- they will grow. ...
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| Serviceberry Shrubs | 4/2/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: last summer (late summer) I planted some serviceberry shrubs. So far this year they are not ...
A: Debbie, Amelanchier usually open a little later than this, here in the New York, so I cannot tell ...
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| transplanting plum delight loropetalums | 4/1/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I have 15 four year old loropetalums around my front porch with 14 compata boxwoods.They are growing ...
A: Rena, I would recommend waiting until mid to late Fall before undertaking this move. Fertilize them ...
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| english laurels | 4/1/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: We moved into a new house 2 years ago, and had the front landscaped. Six 6' laurels were planted ...
A: Dianne, I would check the undersides of the leaves and branches for Aphids. These insects will suck ...
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| new tree questions | 4/1/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: How far apart should Red keaf , A.K.A. Fire leaf maples , be planted apart and away from house ...
A: Ricky, I would recommend planting them no closer than 15 to 20 feet to the house. This will give ...
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| Sick Holly Bush | 4/1/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I live in Frederick County MD and my Holly bushes seem to be dying. The leaves are turning brown, ...
A: David, I would recommend that you check the under sides of teh leaves and branches for scale. They ...
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| getting rid of unwanted shrubery | 3/31/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: What is the best way to get rid of shrubs? And when would be the best time to do it? Thanks...Sam
A: Sam, There are two ways of getting rid of them- pull them out by the roots using a pick up truck or ...
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| Problem with Meyer Lemon Tree | 3/31/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: We have a Meyer Lemon dwarf tree which we've had for just under one year. It's planted in a pot on ...
A: Jenny, Meyers lemons, like all other citrus trees, will be damaged by frosts (that is why orange ...
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| red tip photina | 3/31/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: i live in Arkansas and i just bought 50 red tip some are past my stomach and the rest are 1-3 I was ...
A: Rebecca, Photinia is a medium to fast grower, which means that it will grow anywhere between 8 ...
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| Photinia Red Robin | 3/29/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: My plant is about ten years old and about 8 ft high and has always been an absolute picture but from ...
A: Ann, I would have to say that the conditions that you are seeing is probably from any flooding that ...
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| holly fungus | 3/29/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I have a blue jay nesting in one of my holly trees. When I had a landscaper here, he told me that my ...
A: Michael, In my 23 years of treating trees and shrubs, I have never heard of a Holly becoming ...
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| prickly pears | 3/29/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I ned to know how to get rid of prickly pears on my land. There's not alot but I have heard that you ...
A: Glenda, You could spray them with diesel feul, but this would contaminate the soil and effect ...
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| hydrangas | 3/29/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I have a beautiful lace top hydrangea plant that I am keeping inside and will later plant in my ...
A: Vicki, The symptoms of over and under watering are virtually identical, so it would be difficult to ...
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| lemon tree | 3/28/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I have a lemon tree that is about a year old. It was producing buds but no lemons throughout the ...
A: Karen, It sounds like the branch tips were damaged from the cold. You can clip them back to ...
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| rose of sharon | 3/28/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: GOOD MORNING AND THANKS FOR TAKING MY QUESTION. I HAVE JUST TRANPLANTED A 7' ROSE OF SHARON AND WANT ...
A: Barbara, I would not recommend pruning the plant for at least 2 seasons. The shrub will require as ...
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| GARDENIAS | 3/28/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I HAVE SEVERAL GARDENIAS AND THEY KEEP GETTING YELLOW LEAVES ON THEM. I LIVE IN NORTH CENTRAL ...
A: Tom, I wouldcheck the under sides of the leaves for either mites, aphids or scale. Any one of these ...
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| shrub roots | 3/27/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: How can i kill invasive shrub roots without damaging the soil? I would like to remove three shrubs ...
A: Helen, The easiest way to kill off the shrubs would be to use Round-Up. You can either spray the ...
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| Street trees | 3/27/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: what are the perfered planting seasons for deciduous and non decidious trees in the long island new ...
A: John, Spring is the preferred planting seasons for most trees. I recommend planting evergreens a ...
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| Gardenia buds dropping | 3/26/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: We winter in central Florida. This year we planted a nice small gardenia plant. It receives several ...
A: George, I found this on the Pettiti website for Grdenia care "To have success with blooms on your ...
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| Crepe Myrtle Bush | 3/25/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I planted a Crepe Myrtle bush last summer, did wonderful. Today my puppy "pruned" the bush for me. ...
A: Eva, I would recommend pruning the chewed branches back and erecting a mesh fence around it to stop ...
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| Prim Rose | 3/25/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: How do you grow them? How do you take care of them, and find out what type you have?
A: Patty, If the primrose you are refering to is the native American biennial flower, then all you ...
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| holly bush | 3/25/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: Cah you rooy a hooly bush from clipping? or How do you rooy a holly bush?
A: John, It is possible to root cutting from a holly, but it is not easy. You will need to take ...
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| Privacy plants, bushes in Southern MN | 3/25/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: What is the fastest growing, least expensive, lowest maintenance plant that would provide the ...
A: Marty, I would recommend planting a combination of Honeysuckle, American Holly and upright ...
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| Weeping Cherry | 3/24/2007 | Edward Gulliksen |
Q: I've read online that branches below the graft may grow straight up instead of weep. When I look at ...
A: Kathleen, It is true that the majority of the straight branches will ordinarily grow from below the ...
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